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School Prayer

Diane Ackerman | February 2018 (Vol. XXXI, No. 2)

In the name of daybreak
and the eyelids of morning
and the wayfaring moon
and the night when it departs,

I swear I will not dishonor
my soul with hatred
but offer myself humbly
as a guardian of nature,
as a healer of misery
as a messenger of wonder
as an architect of peace.

~ from "School Prayer" by Diane Ackerman

Kindness softens

Elder Paision | February 2018 (Vol. XXXI, No. 2)

Kindness softens and opens up the heart, as oil opens a rusty lock.

~ Elder Paision

When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves

Joseph Campbell | February 2018 (Vol. XXXI, No. 2)

When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness.

~ Joseph Campbell
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